Wazzat???

[rat88]

Can you guess what I am building this time?
It is smoker related. $12 investment on the exhaust pipe and adapter, everything else will be from scrap parts and misc hardware I had laying around.

**HINT** It does relate to a topic that was posted (not by me) last week.

[Jerod Broussard]

Something to smoke cheese and what not?

[Breadhead]

Clueless in Hermosa Beach...🙈

[BigBear]

Another mod for Jerod's PBC?

[Jerod Broussard]

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[rat88]

Should I post pics of the finished product or wait for more guesses?

[RonB]

Yes. LOL

[Jerod Broussard]

need pics need pics

[rat88]

Smoke generator for masterbuilt electric "smoker"... it smokes now damn it!! A solo cup of homade cherry chips lasted about an hour and a half. Testing a cup of pellets now

[rat88]

I got a little over an hour with the pellets. After getting the air tuned, I can atleast bump that up by 50% maybe even double it. It had more than enough smoke running wide open. If I can get 1/4 the smoke and 4x the burn time, this would be kicka$$

[Dr ROK]

Were you having problems getting smoke using the element in the smoker?

[rat88]

yeah it is the analog thermostat with about 30 degree deadband. Once it gets up to temp, the thing may kick off for 30 minutes and when it does kick back on, it doesnt stay on long enough to get the chip pan going again.

[GadjetGriller]

ok I'm lost (nothing new there) does the pipe have its own heat source? I see the pump attached to it but how does it get into the smoker do you need the whole pipe? (if your planning on selling the device by all means dont give away any secrets) just wondering I have an old electric masterbuilt I only use for cold smoking now.

[rat88]

The tall pipe is for chip/ pellet storage. The small pipe with the air hooked to it is a venturi that goes about an inch into the 3/4" pipe that goes into the smoker and penetrates the tall pipe about an inch. The concept is to start a fire down by the horizontal pipes and give it just enough air to keep the coals going. The pump/ venturi forces the smoke into the smoker. There are several versions on youtube. I based my design on the UFO smoke generator (sold in Australia) and added the bottom ash pan/ cleanout. Today I will add dampers to the starter holes and a flow control for the air. Most people use aquarium air pumps, but I had an old sample pump laying around and decided to use it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ_511kWtW4

[Bob's BBQ]

Cool idea - nice work!

[rat88]

**Update** Pump cranked down to almost 5% on intake and exhaust, and both combustion holes plugged with carriage bolts...
Plenty of smoke and only using 1" of pellets per hour. The only air intake is from the vented top and the venturi. Filling the tube will only slow the burn if it doesnt choke it out. It should result in 16 hours of decent, hands off trouble free smoke.

I have always been a chest thumping, stick burner, but this may be the closest thing to that for an all night controlled temp, small scale cook.

The smoke time and amount is tuneable by air pump and combustion air. I can go from a 45 minute smoked pork chop to a 16 hour brisket cook just by twisting the knobs. Cant wait to try a super low and slow prime rib!!

[rat88]

Hell I lost track. I have it at 5+ hours on less than1# of pellets. I am ready to call out the local Treager dealer for a cage match. He picks the category, he picks the blend, he picks the rub, he picks the time. We fire them up, put the meat on, 30 minutes to fine tune, then we lock the gate and nobody can get in until the timer goes off. Scoring multiplier is determined by pounds of pelllets used